Your Week's Religious Viewing and Listening

[Owen Spencer-Thomas]

Your Week's Religious Viewing and Listening
BROADCASTING BULLETIN
Saturday 17 – Friday 23 September 05

Saturday 17 September

Julian Fellowes Investigates: a Most Mysterious Murder   This new series
begins in the year 1902, with a tale of Methodism, organ lessons and
adultery.  9.10pm BBC1

Hear and Now:  Hildegard  On the anniversary of Hildegard of Bingen’s death
in 1179, James Wood’s new opera based on the nun, composer, writer and
mystic’s life and visions  11pm R3


Sunday 18 September

Performance on 3   Curlew River   Britten’s church parable based on Japanese
Noh theatre is performed in a new production by Olivier Py. 6.30pm  R3

Monday 19 September

Monarchy    2/5  Henry VIII: King and Emperor      Henry VIII’s
determination to divorce his first wife resulted in the severance of
relations with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries.  8pm C4

Book of the Week: Judge Sewall’s Apology   All this week, the story of the
Salem witch trials of 1692.  9.45am R4FM

Daily Service  A week of pilgrimage for this daily act of worship follows
the spiritual journey of St Paul.  Today’s service comes from the Orthodox
Church of Lydia, Greece.    9.45am  R4LW

Losing My Religion     This documentary hears from those who have taken the
decision to forsake their religion, and from faith leaders who discuss what
challenges religion faces today.  Contributors include Rabbi Lionel Blue, Fr
Keith Baltrop and Farooq Siddique.  11am  R4


Tuesday 20 September

Daily Service    Today, from the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Thessalonica.9.45am R4LW

Wednesday 21 September

Daily Service   Continuing its pilgrimage, today’s service is from the Holy
Monastery of St John the Forerunner, Larissa.   9.45am R4LW

Choral Evensong   Today, from Sheffield Cathedral.  4pm R3



Thursday 22 September

Daily Service  Today’s service comes from the Meteora Monasteries in Greece
9.45 R4LW

EastEnders  Dirty Den’s funeral (of course) provides the opportunity for
mayhem         7.30pm  BBC1

The Monastery   This repeat continues     11.20pm  BBC2


Friday 23 September

Daily Service   ends its week of overseas broadcasts today from the Orthodox
Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Corinth.   R4LW


Series include:
Beyond Belief    12/13        4.30pm R4FM

Thought for the Day
Speakers for the week:
Monday -    Rev Dr Alan Billings
Tuesday -    Indarjit Singh
Wed. -          Rev Joel Edwards
Thursday -   Dr Mona Sidddiqui
Friday -        Rev Roy Jenkins

Pause for Thought
Speakers for the week:
Monday -      6.15am  through the week:  Zia Chaudhry
                       9.15am  Roger Royle
                      Overnights throughout the week:  Amrana Arif
Tuesday -       9.15am Nagaraja
Wednesday    9.15am Rev Roy Jenkins
Thursday       9.15am Rose Hudson Wilkin
Friday            9.15am  David Cooper

Prayer for the Day
Speaker all week:  Canon Noel Battye


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